ROMANIAN MILITARY NEWSLETTER

January 13th, 2014
Issue no. 1
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Handover⁄Takeover Ceremony of the Position as Chief of the
Romanian Land Forces Staff
Special points of
interests:
• Handover⁄Takeover Ceremony
of the Position as Chief of the
Romanian Land Forces Staff
• Opening of 2014 Training
Year
• Investiture Ceremony of the
Chief of Air Force Staff
• Hand over/take over
ceremony at the Naval
Forces Staff
•A new Commander at 2nd
Infantry Division
•Defence Minister attending
the hand over/take over
ceremony at 4th Infantry
Division
The Minister of National Defence, Mircea Duşa hands over the combat
Colours and the command of the Land Forces
Mircea Duşa: „The 2014 budget allows us to go on with the
modernization and procurement programs“
The Minister of National Defence, Mircea Duşa, participated in the
ceremony when Major General Nicolae Ciucă took over the position of
chief of Land Forces Staff, on Tuesday, 7 January. „After many years of
a low defence budget, 2013 brought an increase that allowed resuming
the modernization and procurement process of the Romanian military“,
Minister Mircea Duşa declared. The defence minister pointed out also that
the 2014 budget mirrors this increase, which would ensure continuing the
programs. Mircea Duşa spoke of the main events ahead saying that this year
we will organize activities to celebrate ten years since our country joined
NATO, with the participation of officials from the Alliance and member
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countries. As to the new free leading positions in the defence ministry, Minister Duşa said they will be
manned in a transparent way, after being made public and following a contest. The activity was attended by
the chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Ştefan Dănilă, representatives of the defence ministry, Land
Forces unit commanders.
Opening of 2014 Training Year
The 2014 training year was
officially opened on Wednesday,
8 January, in all military units of
the Ministry of National Defence.
During the activity organized
by the General Staff, Lieutenant
General Ştefan Dănilă, chief of
General Staff, pointed out that
the main characteristic of this
training year is adaptability.
„Training programs have to be
adapted to the transformation
process, according to where
the respective unit’s place is in
the Framework Restructuring
Leadership of the General Staff at the opening ceremony
Program, depending on its
of the 2014 training year
mission and resources. But,
most of all, from what we have seen so far, they have to be adapted to the present professional status of
the soldiers, different from the conscripts“, the chief of General Staff said. Also, Lieutenant General Ştefan
Dănilă continued by saying that the quality of training should further education by developing the skills a
modern combat soldier needs. „Evaluation of structures is already done according to NATO standards. We
have to maintain the level of exigency we used in assessing the troops meant for the theater of operations in
Afghanistan“, the chief of General Staff concluded.
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Investiture Ceremony of the Chief of Air Force Staff
Air-Flotilla General Laurian
Anastasof was appointed chief
of Air Force Staff on Thursday,
December 19. The Minister of
National Defence, Mircea Duşa,
attended the hand over/take over
ceremony of the position as chief
of Air Force Staff. Before this
assignment, General Anastasof
was commander of 71st Air Base,
Câmpia Turzii.
The chief of Air Force Staff
has performed over 2.000 flight
hours on MIG 21 Lancer, L-29,
The Defence Minister addressing the attendants of the ceremony
L-39, MIG 21 MF aircrafts as well
as on IAR 330 M helicopter. Also,
General Anastasof made evaluation flights on the F 16 aicraft.
Laurian Anastasof took over the chief of Air Forces Staff position from General Fănică Cârnu, who
retired following the issuance of a presidential decree.
Air Flotilla General Laurian Anastasof was promoted to Major General Rank during a ceremony held
at „General Emanoil Ionescu“ 71st Air Base on December 30th. Defence Minister Mircea Duşa, and the chief
of General Staff, Lieutenant General Ştefan Dănilă participated in the promotion ceremony.
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Hand over/take over ceremony at the Naval Forces Staff
The Minister of National
Defence,
Mircea
Duşa,
participated in the hand over/take
over ceremony of the position as
chief of Navy Staff which took
place at the Navy Staff HQ, at
09.00, on 20 December. On this
occasion the presidential decree
stipulating the promotion to the
rank of Admiral and passing to
reserve of Vice Admiral Aurel
Popa and the order of the Minister
of National Defence appointing
Rear Admiral Alexandru Mîrşu,
former Fleet Commander, as chief
The chief of Navy Staff, Rear Admiral Alexandru Mîrşu receives
the combat colours
of Navy Staff, were read.
Throughout his career,
Rear-admiral Alexandru Mîrşu held several command positions, being the Fleet Commander in 2010.
He graduated the United States Navy’s Officer Candidate School from Newport, USA, and several
specialty courses from Canada, Holland, Germany and Great Britain. In 2004, he took his Master’s Degree
at the Royal College (London, Great Britain) and in 2008 he graduated the NATO Defence College, Rome.
He was commander of the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group (BLACKSEAFOR) throughout
2005-2006–when Romania hold the chairmanship of this regional initiative.
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A new Commander at 2nd Infantry Division
The Minister of National
Defence Mircea Duşa and the
chief of General Staff, Lieutenant
General
Ştefan
Dănilă,
participated in the military
handover/takeover ceremony of
the command of the 2nd „Getica“
Infantry Division which took
place, on Wednesday, 8 January,
at Buzău.
Brigade General Lucian
Foca took over the division
command from Major General
Nicolae Ciucă, who was
appointed chief of Land Forces
Brigadier General Lucian Foca takes over command and unit flag
Staff.
Before being assigned to this position, Brigade General Lucian Foca was commander of the Military
Intelligence Brigade from Buzău.
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Defence Minister attending the hand over/take over ceremony
at 4th Infantry Division
Defence Minister, Mircea
Duşa, and the chief of General
Staff, Lieutenant General Ştefan
Dănilă, participated in the
military
handover/takeover
ceremony of the command
of the 4th „Gemina“ Infantry
Division which took place in
Cluj-Napoca, on Friday, January
10, at 09.00.
Brigade General Adrian
Tonea took over the division
command from Major General
Dumitru Scarlat, who was
appointed deputy chief of the
Minister of National Defence addresses the audience
General Staff.
Before being assigned to this position, Brigade General Adrian Tonea was the commander of 282nd
Unirea Principatelor Mechanized Infantry Brigade in 2011 and Commander of the National Contingent
and Deputy Commander of CTF Arrowhead Zabul for NATO Operations, in the theater of operations from
Afganistan, in 2012.